11:42 PM,
Oct. 9, 2013

FILE PHOTO: Drivers approach the entrance station to Zion National Park Thursday, July 5, 2012 in Springdale, Utah.

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Utah joined ranks with Arizona and South Dakota on Wednesday after plans to reopen Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks Thursday morning came to a halt.

County commissioners from Garfield, Washington and Kane counties were met with a resounding "no." The National Park Service told Utah officials the same thing they told officials from Arizona and South Dakota in the last week when asked about the possibility of opening national parks and monuments with state and local money and workers.

"We have not got the feds to work with us," said Iron County Commissioner Dave Miller. "They are being very ...